V-10, She cranks good, but she's a No Start
2001 V-10 cranks good but no start. That's the intermittent problem a friend is having. The next morning it usually starts.....runs normal. Could a bad fuel pump act like that ? Or are we talking a b...
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smkettner wrote:
Ethanol actually helps water to dissolve into the fuel to burn nicely and go out the tailpipe.
You should not have water in fuel issues as we had in the past. Main ingredient to fuel treatments that remove water.... ethanol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel#Ethanol_fuel_mixtures
That is not the whole story. According to the article you referenced, the amount of water that can be handled without phase separation is based on the % amount of ethanol in the gasoline. For El0 there is not enough ethanol present to prevent phase separation if the water content gets to high and the water then causes problems. That issue is addressed in the same article where it discusses the hydroscopic nature of ethanol.
Dick
